‘As midnight approaches there is an aura of expectation in Cherrapunji . . .
For a while even the pinpricks of light scattered here and there in the village,
like stars in a constellation, seem to stop flickering. And then the rains
begin.'
It is rain that has made Cherra famous, and Binoo's mission is to unravel the
mystery behind the curious phenomenon which brings this area as much rain in
three months as the rest of the country might not get in a whole year. But as he
makes his way into each corner and crevice of Cherrapunji, he discovers that it
is much more than